People in the News: Just another embarrassing moment

Published 10:00 pm, Friday, September 28, 2007

We love surveys, especially when they have categories like most embarrassing dance sequence of all time.

The UKTV Gold poll released Friday and reported by Reuters announced the winner of that illustrious category was a recent debacle: Britney Spears' now legendary "comeback" opening performance at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards.

Her stiffest competition: British comedian Ricky Gervaisin "The Office" and Hugh Grantin "Love Actually." Did anyone see him in "Music and Lyrics?" That didn't qualify? Or Elaine's dance in "Seinfeld"?

Other moments in pop culture history made it to the poll. The most memorable dance routine of all time: Princess Diana's 1985 groove with John Travoltaaround the White House dance floor.

Travolta made it into the top 10 three times. Besides that royal dance: his moves in "Saturday Night Fever" and "Grease."

People magazine has acquired documents that show Nicole Richiehas enrolled in an 18-month anti-drinking driver course, known as the SB 38 Alcohol Program.

Richie, 26, who is six months pregnant, was arrested Dec. 11 and later booked on DUI charges after California Highway Patrol officers found her driving her black Mercedes SUV the wrong way down Southern California's Highway 134. She failed a sobriety test and admitted smoking marijuana and taking Vicodin earlier that evening. In July, she was sentenced to four days in jail and fined a little over $2,000. She served 82 minutes in August.

Her new, simple life includes 52 hours of group counseling, biweekly face-to-face interviews and 12 hours of alcohol education. Optional: 12-step meetings.